Crashing Out in the Alphabets

By Garrett Diamond

New York City animator Kevin Nelson likes to drink cheap booze, have sex, and wander the seedy streets of the East Village. He also likes power. It's the latter that eventually brings him down...... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759609241
• ISBN13: 9780759609242
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wild and Untamed

This book is a wild and untamed ride in the spirit of Neal Cassady. The exploits of "Kevin" are outrageous, raw and savage. It is both incomprehensible yet some how believable that such a beast can exist in our metropolises. Fans of the Beat Era will consume this book readily. Thank you for submitting it for review by spilledink.com!

And you thought your life sucked...

I don't actually read many books...so it takes something different for me to really be entertained by one. And this book is definitely on that track. Garrett's writing style is very dynamic and spontaneous; it mimics the demented train of thought that the main character, Kevin, exhibits in this story. Garrett is playing with a lot of themes here and at the same time, you get the feeling that you're just reading about some drunk guy's messed up life. Which is partially why I enjoyed this book; it never gets bogged down in the "been there, done that" cliche themes and morals, while at the same time having enough depth for the novel to have reasoning behind it. You get an eerily realistic sense of what it's like to live in that neighborhood (if you haven't already); the kind of "no-rules" jungle that Kevin tries to make a living in. Aside from the fact that almost all the women in this book are VERY PROMISCUOUS AND VERY HORNY (can be somewhat of a fantasy exposition, but hey some of the funniest stuff was the dirty talk), this book is very gritty and very real. And there are some really funny parts, mostly thanks to Garrett's inventive and strangely poetic metaphors. Bottom line is, I can see many readers dismissing this book as childish, perverse, crude, selfish...heck, even downright evil. But hey, we all have these qualities, no matter how hard we try to hide them! An easy and entertaining read. 4 stars.

Raw look into a broken lower east side life

Kevin is headed straight to hell with his anti-social antics in this cut up novel of cheap women and cheaper alcohol. Garrett writes no holed barred and I wanted to hide on the subway reading it afraid someone looking over my shoulder would turn me in. This would be a great audio book for a beautiful ride into the country with your grandparents, if you want them to kill themselves.

Crash Into This Book

A fresh new eye-popping and jaw-dropping story of a sick man who just may be an anti-hero. It was a great, easy, and entertaining read.

This was the best book I ever Read

This book was very fun and interesting i didn't wanna put the book down.It kept me on my heels.